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The term spreadeagle (also spread eagle, spread-eagle) can mean:
- Spreadeagle (heraldry), a figure derived from a heraldic depiction of an eagle
- Spread Eagle (horse), an 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 1795 Epsom Derby
- Spreadeagle (position), a position in which a person is figuratively in the same position as an eagle with its wings spread and legs well apart
- Spread eagle (figure skating)
- Blood eagle or "spread-eagle", an alleged Viking method of execution
- Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
- Spread-eagleism, the 19th century precursor to the term "Jingoism"
- Spread Eagle (band), an American hard rock band
- Spread Eagle (album), a Peter Pan Speedrock album
- The Spread Eagle is the corporate logo of Barclays Bank, a UK bank, and the name of their staff magazine
- Spread Eagle, Wandsworth, a pub in London
- One of the most difficult split leaves in candlepin bowling, the 2-3-4-6-7-10 split
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